This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Pass the Golden Share or 50+1 rule to give football fans majority voting rights
Foreign billionaire owners are ruining football. The proposed European Super League was the final straw.
Protect fans and introduce the 50+1 rule (the power of veto over board decisions) or Golden Share rule (ensures fans hold a 51% stake in their clubs).
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Football clubs and their fans need protection. If a building can be listed and protected, then why should an English institution, founded and built by Britain's working class be bought and sold with debt like an interest-only mortgage?
E.g. the Glazers’ ownership has cost Man Utd £1.5 billion in interest, debt and other outgoings.
As we have seen with the aborted ESL, football is nothing without its fans. It's time to give the fans power over their club the way Bayern Munich do.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/583310
You may be interested to know that on 19 April the Government announced a 'Fan-led review of football governance', which will explore ways of improving the governance, ownership and financial sustainability of clubs in English football, building on the strengths of the football pyramid. You can read more about this review here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fan-led-review-of-football-governance.
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